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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






2. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






3. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






4. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






5. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






6. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






7. Sources of fats






8. What function is vitamin D?






9. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






10. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






11. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






12. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






13. When does BMR increase?






14. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






15. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






16. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






17. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






18. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






19. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






20. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






21. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






22. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






23. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






24. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






25. What type of people need extra protein?






26. Fats can lead to some medical problems






27. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






28. What does DASH stand for?






29. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






30. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






31. What is normal albumin levels?






32. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






33. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






34. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






35. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






36. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






37. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






38. Name six sources of grains






39. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






40. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






41. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






42. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






43. What are healthy sources of fats?






44. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






45. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






46. Where can you get more vitamin D?






47. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






48. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






49. What is RDA of protein?






50. How many calories/gram is protein?